my reply

[Doorman]

Originally posted by smite@Feb 10 2004, 09:38 AM
....... common sense......

Ah, common sense, remember that? Those were the days.

[Anonymous]

I've been racking my single brain cell to think of all the possible reasons for there being fewer people on the servers. This is everything I can think of and some, all or none of these may be the reason so don't flame me, it's just possible reasons:

1. The introduction of TCS and the the aforementioned discussion regarding pros and cons.
2. Live for Speed is proving popular.
3. People are taking a break and playing other games in general (we might see an impact when HL2 or Doom3 are released)
4. More matches appearing on the schedule.
5. Its the start of the year and people are working hard.
6. It is a cyclical phase we are going through and it will pass (happens every year).
7. Everyone is still recovering from the LAN.

OK, so number 6 is a guess and number 7 is a joke but the truth is probably a mixture of most of the reasons I have suggested above.

With all the new people joining to play TCS since it's launch I cannot understand why the numbers are dropping. They should have increased! The new people do not know PCS so they have nothing to compare against. It think that it can only be us old lags who are affecting the regularity of play. What i do not understand is exactly what is causing the problem.

I know I have not been on the server much so I reckon I am to blame. I was actually so popular that because I am not on the server people are leaving in their droves (I think that bit might be untrue too).

Anyway, these are just some thoughts I have come up with to see if we can accurately identify the reason for the drop in numbers. Please add your own suggestions or analysis; I'm not claiming mine is accurate.

[TeaLeaf]

Before we set up a formal system offerring such training, may I suggest we actually poll people to see how many would attend?  if we are in agreement that it is worth doing then I will phrase something 'appropriate'.

TL.

[Doorman]

I can assure you LFS is not poaching. I play, DCG plays a bit, haven't seen Smite for yonks nor TL. In fact hardly any dMw bods!

[Anonymous]

I'm not suggesting anybody is poaching Ron

If people want to play other games then who are we to tell them not to (I love playing games other than CS but CS is my regular haunt). The aim of my post is to try and see if we are identifying the correct reason for the drop in numbers. If we haven't identified the correct reason then we probably won't have the right solution.